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A professional who conducts research to develop new ceramic products performing duties as described under research engineer master title.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who plans, designs, and coordinates construction of drainage systems in irrigation district, based on knowledge of soils, slope of land, and availability and economic use of existing drainage canals. Responsibilities include:
* Requests engineering surveys and soil tests to determine surface profile, types of soil, and characteristics such as salinity, water table, and areas of subnormal crop growth.
* Studies data and sketches scale drawing of tile and open ditch drains for area, using triangles, scales, dividers, and other drawing instruments.
* Indicates depth, spacing, and size of tiling for crop area leading to district drainage canals.
* Considers drainage cost to improve fertility, at least cost to farmer and district.
* Recommends deepening of drainage canals when field elevation prevents gravity flow, or provides for installation of sumps and electric pumps to drain low areas.
* Arranges for sale to farmers of district approved drainage materials, such as concrete wells and pipes.
* Determines need for securing easements and right-of-way deeds for district drainage structures.
* Inspects completed systems to determine that installation conforms to plan.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who makes detailed drawings, in accordance with customers' orders, to provide shop departments with accurate information for manufacture of structural and ornamental construction parts. Responsibilities include:
* Confers with customers.
* Makes freehand sketches of designs and drawings of approved sketches.
* Advises supervisory personnel on difficult or obscure problems.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who directs and coordinates activities of personnel engaged in designing mechanisms, structures, systems, and equipment for aeronautical or aerospace products, applying knowledge of engineering theory and technology. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews and evaluates product request from customer, and formulates conceptual design to meet customer requirements.
* Analyzes project proposal to determine feasibility, producibility, cost, and production time, and discusses proposal with customer representatives, engineers, and other personnel.
* Assigns project personnel to specific aspects or phases of project, such as analysis, development, or design.
* Evaluates product design for conformance to engineering principles, customer requirements, quality standards, and specifications.
* Evaluates and approves design changes and drawing releases.
* Coordinates design, production, testing, and related activities.
* Consults with project personnel and others to provide technical assistance and information.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who calculates latitude, longitude, angles, areas, and other information for mapmaking from field notes secured by engineering survey party, using reference tables and calculating machine or computer.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who operates computer-aided design (CAD) system and peripheral equipment to resize or modify integrated circuit designs (artwork) and to generate computer tape of artwork for use in producing mask plates used in manufacturing integrated circuits. Responsibilities include:
* Reviews work order and procedural manuals to determine critical dimensions of design.
* Calculates figures to convert design dimensions to resizing dimensions specified for subsequent production processes, using conversion chart and calculator.
* Locates file relating to specified design projection data base library and loads program into computer.
* Enters specified commands into computer, using keyboard, to retrieve design information from file and display design on CAD equipment display screen.
* Types commands on keyboard to enter resizing specifications into computer.
* Confers with engineering and design staff to determine design modifications and enters editing information into computer.
* Keys in specified information, using keyboard connected to on-line or off-line peripheral equipment (plotter), to produce graphic representation (hard copy) of design for review and approval by engineering and design staff.
* Enters specified information into computer, using keyboard, to generate computer tape of approved design.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who applies chemical engineering principles and technical skills to assist chemical engineer in developing, improving, and testing chemical-plant processes, products, and equipment. Responsibilities include:
* Prepares charts, sketches, diagrams, flow charts, and compiles and records engineering data to clarify design details or functional criteria of chemical processing and physical operation units.
* Participates in fabricating, installing, and modifying equipment to ensure that critical standards are met.
* Tests developmental equipment and formulates standard operating procedures.
* Tests processing equipment and instruments to observe and record operating characteristics and performance of specified design or process.
* Observes chemical or physical operation processes and recommends modification or change.
* Observes and confers with equipment operators to ensure specified techniques are used.
* Writes technical reports and submits finding to chemical engineer.
* Performs preventive and corrective maintenance of chemical processing equipment.
* May prepare chemical solutions for use in processing materials, such as synthetic textiles, detergents, and fertilizers following formula.
* May set up test apparatus.
* May instruct or direct activities of technical personnel.
* May assist in developing and testing prototype processing systems and be designated Chemical-Engineering Technician, Prototype-Development.
* May assist in development of pilot-plant units and be designated Pilot-Plant Research-Technician.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who conducts research, analysis, synthesis, and experimentation on substances, for such purposes as product and process development and application, quantitative and qualitative analysis, and improvement of analytical methodologies. Responsibilities include:
* Devises new equipment, and develops formulas, processes, and methods for solution of technical problems.
* Analyzes organic and inorganic compounds to determine chemical and physical properties, utilizing such techniques as chromatography, spectroscopy, and spectrophotometry.
* Induces changes in composition of substances by introduction of heat, light, energy, and chemical catalysts.
* Conducts research on manufactured products to develop and improve products.
* Conducts research into composition, structure, properties, relationships, and reactions of matter.
* Confers with scientists and engineers regarding research, and prepares technical papers and reports.
* Prepares standards and specifications for processes, facilities, products, and tests.
* May be designated according to chemistry specialty as Chemist, Analytical; Chemist, Inorganic; Chemist, Organic; Chemist Physical.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who draws maps of geographical areas to show natural and constructed features, political boundaries, and other features, performing duties described under drafter master title. Responsibilities include:
* Analyzes survey data, source maps and photographs, computer or automated mapping products, and other records to determine location and names of features.
* Studies legal records to establish boundaries of properties, and local, national, and international areas of political, economic, social, or other significance.
* Geological maps are drawn by geological drafter.
Industry:Professional careers
A professional who explores likely regions to discover valuable mineral deposits, using topographical maps, surveys, reports, and knowledge of geology and mineralogy. Responsibilities include:
* Examines outcrops, placer, and stream channels for mineral content.
* Drills, dynamites, or digs trenches or pits along rock formations or creek beds to obtain rock samples.
* Breaks off samples and tests them for presence of minerals with heat, acid, magnifying glass, or by pulverizing and washing or panning.
* Assays samples for preliminary quantitative estimate.
* Collects data on rock formations, using geophysical instruments and devices, such as geiger counters and electronic sounding equipment, and determines feasibility of staking and developing claim.
* Stakes claim according to federal or state legal requirements.
* Develops mineral deposits by means of placer or hard rock mining.
* May sell interests in discovered areas.
Industry:Professional careers
